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Web Director

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​​​The Web Director was created to maintain a managed and functional environment for redirects. Each user is able to create a redirect built off of an authorized URL path. If a user does not have access to their desired URL path, the user may put in a request for that redirect. The user can view the details of all the redirects they may be associated, as well as tracking for those redirects. It is the responsibility of the redirect owner to manage their redirects.

The top and bottom redirects are determined by their individual hit count. Their hit count is incremented in the event that user types a short URL in their browser and it is redirected to the destination URL. The results are displayed with the short URL and the hit count.

Filters: the results show the top and bottom redirects that meet the criteria of the filters

Select the start and end date for a specific time period

(Note: Date range is defaulted to six months)

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Select the path for only redirects that begin with selection

Type desired search in the text box for a more specific search

Click to put filters in place

Example:

Broken Redirects

A redirect is considered broken if the destination or short URL has become dysfunctional. A red X is placed next to the URL that is considered broken.

Redirects with No Hits​

A redirect has a hit count associated with it. Their hit count is incremented in the event that user types a short URL in their browser and it is redirected to the destination URL. A redirect with no hits is a redirect that no user has utilized

Statuses

Redirect statuses that are used to maintain a clean and working environment for CMich redirects. Each redirect is tested nightly and the status associated is updated accordingly. There are four different statuses that can result.

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​Active

​Redirect functional as of most recent testing.

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​Pending

​Redirect awaiting approval or activation window; not active.

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​Broken (Source)

​Redirect source (inc​​​oming URL) is not functional.

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​Broken (Target)

​Redirect target (destination URL) is not functional.

Restrictions

The destination URL must be an existing page

Redirects can only be built off of authorized paths

User may only view redirects that apply to them

A new redirect with the same short URL as an existing redirect cannot be added